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• Gold Skyrockets After Fed Pledges "Unlimited" Cash To Boost Economy

  Published 24 March 2020 | viewed 3,723 times

  The gold price surged on Monday after the US Federal Reserve promised to pump “unlimited” amounts of money into the financial system, boosting the metal’s…

• Gold Still Beating Much Of The Market Despite Sell-Off

  Published 21 March 2020 | viewed 7,534 times

  Like most asset classes, gold is being affected by the unprecedented economic and financial market conditions in play around the world. The recent volatility seen…

• Is The Mining Industry Prepared For A Coronavirus Commodity Slump?

  Published 18 March 2020 | viewed 6,255 times

  The metals and mining sector will be moderately exposed as a result of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak worldwide, said Moody’s in its latest report on…

• Copper Prices Plummet As China Faces First GDP Drop In 44 Years

  Published 17 March 2020 | viewed 6,783 times

  Copper prices plunged on Monday after China released a set of economic data showing the deepest declines on record for industrial production and fixed asset…

• Gold Crashes Below $1,600

  Published 13 March 2020 | viewed 3,342 times

  Gold could not escape the carnage on global financial markets on Thursday as the growing panic about the spread of coronavirus infections outside China saw…

• China's $570 Billion Stimulus Is A Boon For Copper

  Published 12 March 2020 | viewed 3,374 times

  Copper and iron ore prices have held up surprisingly well as markets in the West belatedly come to grips with the coronavirus pandemic and China…

• Output In World's Largest Copper Mine Is Falling

  Published 09 March 2020 | viewed 4,009 times

  Chile’s Codelco, the world’s top copper producer, saw output fall once again in January to 118,600 tonnes, a 6.8% drop when compared to the same…

• Protestors Block Entrance To Major Mining Convention

  Published 02 March 2020 | viewed 2,902 times

  On its opening day, the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada annual convention was hit by a protest led by the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network…

• "Shock And Awe" Gold Trading Sends Prices Tumbling

  Published 28 February 2020 | viewed 3,498 times

  Gold’s reputation as a safe haven in times of financial turmoil was tarnished on Friday as the growing panic about the spread of coronavirus infections…

• Rio Tinto To Spend $1 Billion To Reduce Its Carbon Footprint

  Published 26 February 2020 | viewed 2,000 times

  Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) will spend $1 billion over the next five years to reduce its carbon footprint and have net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by…

• Cobalt May Be The Key To Clean Hydrogen Fuel

  Published 24 February 2020 | viewed 3,451 times

  A research team from the Tokyo Institute of Technology created the first visible-light photoanode made of titanium dioxide or TiO2 enhanced with cobalt. The anode…

• Miners Face Greater Headwinds

  Published 17 February 2020 | viewed 6,046 times

  A report by Fitch Ratings states that, in the current context of geopolitical tensions, natural disasters and epidemics like that of the novel coronavirus, mining…

• This Gold Miner Just Increased Its Dividends By 40%

  Published 12 February 2020 | viewed 3,075 times

  Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX) (NYSE: GOLD) posted on Wednesday a better-than-expected quarterly profit and gave investor a more than welcome 40% dividend increase thanks to strong gold prices. The…

• BHP Takes The Crown As World’s Top Copper Miner

  Published 11 February 2020 | viewed 3,909 times

  BHP Group on Monday became the world’s largest copper miner based on production after Chile’s copper commission announced a slide in output at state-owned Codelco.…

• Can Canada Revitalize Its Mining Industry?

  Published 05 February 2020 | viewed 5,556 times

  The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) released its annual Facts & Figures report on Tuesday, saying it is time is for the industry to fulfill its potential as…

• Why Russia Is Trading Influence For Profit In Africa

  Published 04 February 2020 | viewed 4,058 times

  While Russia has been playing for power in Africa in recent years by sending arms, offering mercenaries and cinching mining deals, the foundations of Moscow’s…

• Ethical Investors Fight For A Greener Mining Industry

  Published 03 February 2020 | viewed 7,735 times

  The mining and metals sector is facing greater scrutiny from communities at host countries, end consumers and society at large, demanding transparent, ethical supply chains,…

• Iron Prices Fall Victim To Coronavirus Panic

  Published 29 January 2020 | viewed 3,747 times

  Benchmark iron ore prices fell on Wednesday after as China, responsible for more than 70 percent of the world’s seaborne iron ore trade, struggles to…

• Five Things To Watch In The Battery Metals Market

  Published 28 January 2020 | viewed 4,608 times

  Many in the battery raw materials market were likely happy to see the back of 2019, as it was a year characterized largely by falling…

• Copper Slides Under Coronavirus Concerns

  Published 27 January 2020 | viewed 3,965 times

  The copper price dropped further on Monday as the deadly coronavirus outbreak in China, where 40 million people are now under lockdown in the central…